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VERY INTERESTING STUFF
In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have 'the rule of thumb'
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Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden'...and thus, the word GOLF entered into the English language.
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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury.
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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
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Coca-Cola was originally green.
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
Alaska
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The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
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The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
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The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:
$16,400
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The average number of people airborne over the U.S.=2 0in any given hour:
61,000
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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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The first novel ever written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer.
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The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died because of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
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Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
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Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace
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Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession
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Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go u ntil you would find the letter 'A'?
A. One thousand
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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers have in common?
A. All were invented by women.
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Q.20What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
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Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year?
A. Father's Day
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In Shakespeare's time, ma ttresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes, the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase...'Goodnight, sleep tight'
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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.
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In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unr uly, the bartender would yell at them 'Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down.'
It's where we get the phrase 'mind your P's and Q's'
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Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. 'Wet your whistle' is the phrase inspired by this practice.
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At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
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Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read it.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is t aht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
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YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2008 when...
1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.
2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.
6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.
7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen
8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.
11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile.
12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.
13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.
14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.
15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list.
~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.
Go on, forward this to your friends. You know you want to! Go lick your elbo w!
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Deuteronomy 30:10 - The LORD your God will delight in you if you obey his voice and keep the commands and laws written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and soul.
Proverbs 11:1 The LORD....delights in honesty.
Proverbs 11:20 The LORD....delights in those who have integrity.
Proverbs 15:8 The LORD....delights in the prayers of the upright.
Proverbs 15:26 The LORD....delights in pure words.
Can we finite, sinful human beings truly bring joy and delight to the Lord, the Creator of the universe? YES, and it's simple, though not always easy - honor him, obey him, respond to his love, turn from evil, seek his forgiveness and walk daily with him.
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A man of 92 years, short, very well presented, who takes great care in his appearance, is moving into an old people’s home today.
His wife of 70 has recently died, and he is obliged to leave his home.
After waiting several hours in the retirement home lobby, he gently smiles as he is told that his room is ready.
As he slowly walks to the elevator, using his cane, I describe his small room to him, including the sheet hung on the window which serves as a curtain.
“I like it very much”, he says, with the enthusiasm of an 8-year old who has just been given a new puppy.
“Mr. Gagne, you haven’t even seen the room yet, hang on a moment, we are almost there.”
“That has nothing to do with it”, he replies.
“Happiness is something I choose in advance. Whether or not I like the room does not depend on the furniture or the décor – rather it depends on how I decide to see it.”
“It is already decided in my mind that I like my room. It is a decision I make every morning when I wake up.”
“I can choose. I can spend my day in bed enumerating all the difficulties that I have with parts of my body that no longer work very well, or I can get up and give thanks to heaven for those parts that are still in working order.”
“Every day is a gift, and as long as I can open my eyes, I will focus on the new day, and all the happy memories that I have built up during my life.”
“Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw in later life what you have deposited along the way.”
“So, my advice to you is to deposit all the happiness you can in your bank account of memories.”
Thank you for your part in filling my account with happy memories, which I am still continuing to fill…
REMEMBER THESE SIMPLE GUIDELINES TO HAPPINESS.
1. Free your heart from hate.
2. Free your mind from worry.
3. Live simple.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.
If you have been blessed by this message, send it to your loved ones and your friends…it is the way we touch each other with simple truths that spread goodness to the world. Who knows, a miracle may happen as a result….
HAVE A BLESSED DAY!
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I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will praise God to my last breath! May he be pleased by all these thoughts about him, for he is the source of all my joy. Let all sinners perish --- all who refuse to praise him. But I will praise him. Hallelujah! (Psalm 104: 33-35)
Consider how great God is -- the awesome Creator of the universe. Consider how sinful and mortal we are. Then consider how great God's love is for us. How can we help but praise him?
How are some of the ways we can express our praise to God? Here are just a few I found in the scriptures:
I will praise him from the bottom of my heart. - Psalm 35:10
With all my heart I will praise you, O Lord my God. I will give glory to your name forever. - Psalm 86:12
So we can praise him with all of our heart!
Each morning and evening they stood before the LORD to sing songs of thanks and praise. - I Chronicles 23:30
I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will praise my God to my last breath!
Psalm 104:33
We can praise him with all of our time.
All of you can join together with one voice, giving praise and glory to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. - Romans 15:6
We can praise him with others.
The Levites from the clans of Kohath and Korah stood to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud shout. - 2 Chronicles 20:19
I will praise the LORD at all times. I will constantly speak his praises. -
Psalm 34:1
We can praise him with our mouths.
There are many other scriptures, especially in the Psalms, that tell that they used trumpets, cymbals and other instruments to accompany the songs of praise to God. They sang new songs of praise to him and played skillfully on the harp and sang with joy. They praised him with a psalm! They praised God with the tambourine and dancing; with stringed instruments and with flutes! Also with the clash of cymbals and loud clanging cymbals.
So we can praise him with music.
I will sacrifice a voluntary offering to you; I will praise your name, O LORD, for it is good. - Psalm 54:6
We can praise him with an offering.
And then what does God do when we give him all of this praise? The Bible says that He inhabits the praises of his people! Is our God wonderful or what?!!!
LET EVERYTHING THAT HATH BREATH, PRAISE THE LORD. PRAISE YE THE LORD!
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Sometimes we go through some 'dry' times in our lives and it is very frustrating to us. Have you ever wondered what might frustrate God?
Psalm 78:40-42 says, "Oh, how often they rebelled against him in the desert and grieved his heart in the wilderness. Again and again they tested God's patience and frustrated the Holy One of Israel. They forgot about his power and how he rescued them from their enemies."
Hosea 6:4 tells us, "O Israel and Judah, what should I do with you?" asks the LORD. "For your love vanishes like the morning mist and disappears like dew in the sunlight."
It is frustrating to God to send out unending streams of love, mercy, and forgiveness to his people, only to see them dam the streams of blessings and keep their souls a spiritual desert.
So how can we best deal with our own frustrations so that we don't frustrate the one who gave His all for us? Ecc. 1:8 - Everything is so weary and tiresome! No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content.
Ecc. 2:20 - I turned in despair from hard work. It was not the answer to my search for satisfaction in this life.
Psalm 90:14 - Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives.
Acts: 17:25 - Human hands can't serve his needs--
for he has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need there is.
We are frustrated when we fail to let God be God or when we try to understand the reasons for everything that happens. When we let go and let God work out what is best for us, we will relieve much of our frustration. I really think it's all about TRUST and LOVE, don't you? <><
There is a promise from God in Joshua 1:9 -
I command you -- be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
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